Molniya-1K 43 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

12 Apr 1979, 12:28am

Location

Plesetsk Cosmodrome Launch Site

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Pad

41/1

Launch Service Provider

Soviet Space Program logo

Soviet Space Program

Vehicle

Molniya-M 2BL

Mission

Molniya-1K 43

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Destination

Elliptical Orbit

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Updated: Jan 3, 7:56pm UTC

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